Deathtrap: Expeditionary Force Mavericks, Book 1 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Craig Alanson (Author), R.C. Bray (Narrator), Blue Heron Audio (Publisher)

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The human soldiers stranded on the planet Paradise have been recruited into an alien legion to do the dirty jobs that the high-tech species won't do. Their first mission is to kick the enemy off a backwater planet no one cares about. It's a simple assignment, except everyone has a hidden agenda, and the planet could become a deathtrap.

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15 hours and 3 minutes
Author

Craig Alanson
Narrator

R.C. Bray
Audible release date

May 10, 2019
Language

English
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Blue Heron Audio
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B07QVML866
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	15 hours and 3 minutes
Author	Craig Alanson
Narrator	R.C. Bray
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	May 10, 2019
Publisher	Blue Heron Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07QVML866
Best Sellers Rank	#1,896 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #32 in Military Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #99 in Adventure Science Fiction #106 in Military Science Fiction (Books)

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William S. Morris

Noobs need not apply

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2019

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This book has a fast paced intense and exciting storyline. We're probably grooming colonel Emily Perkins as our main character for the maverick universe. She and her team are active and aggressive. They symbolize an army of one. They handle the situation even though their actions are tantamount to violating the rules. They are getting the job done as they handle treacherous Ruhar, and fight ferocious crocodile men. We have moments of humor (I did like the loose wheel joke). We even try to slip a little bit of political philosophy about the significance of combat. The grammar errors are mostly failure to punctuate properly. Dangling clauses and comma splices (without the comma), and such things (e.g.). My strongest criticism, however, is that anyone who tries to read this book without first reading the expeditionary force first would be hopelessly lost. Characters and references are made without any explanation. This book is not one for beginners. The story is stand alone, but if you don't know about paradise, Nerty, the bergermeister, the significance of wagering, etc. You miss a large chunk of the story.

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E. Nolan

A Bit of a Weak Entry In the Series

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2019

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The main sequence of Craig Alanson's 'Expeditionary Force' series
follows the adventures of Colonel Joe Bishop, his away team and the
ancient and scatterbrained AI Skippy as they try to keep the various
advanced races of the galaxy from realizing what is going on on
Earth, or that *anything* is going on on Earth. 'Mavericks' is a
subsequence set on the series other main locale the planet Paradise,
where a UN force has been completely cut off from Earth and is now
trying to find a place with the alien Ruhar who own the planet (and
aren't bad guys, but who aren't going to go to a lot of trouble for
a bunch of humans who were, frankly, invading the place before
switching sides).

An unlikely sequence of events (yes, Skippy was involved) has made
Col. Emily Perkins 'Mavericks' team of human soldiers minor heroes
to the Ruhar, and she sees the way forward to intergrating with
them as pitching the humans of Paradise (along with a Kristang rebel
group) as an 'Alien Legion' for the Ruhar, able to do the dirty
jobs the Ruhar don't want to do, and do them cheap.

The first deployment of the Legion is in fact as dangerous and
tedious as expected (with one minor exception), but the fact that
nothing major goes wrong earns the concept a large scale tryout:
Evacuating Kristang from a planet that has just fallen into Ruhar
hands. (The mirror image of the UN's original mission, in fact).
The only trouble is that the Ruhar military really doesn't want the
planet, which is a strategic stretch for them, the Kristang are
taking time out from their ongoing civil war to get it back, and
even the sparse resources given to the Legion to defend it (which,
granted, they were never supposed to do) appear to have been
sabotaged. If the Legion fails, it sets back the tenuous cause of
humans on Paradise. If it succeeds, it has accomplished something
nobody really wants.

I thought this book was a bit of a let down from the initial Mavericks
story. The only really significant thing the team accomplishes
happens on the first mission, and is such a stroke of luck that I
will not be surprised if Skippy is involved somehow. If he's not,
it is just barely plausible. I would have preferred a resolution
involving the team's own ship full of down-on-their-luck Jeraptha
rather than the full fleet of them we got, and while I see the humor
in what motivated them, it didn't really work for me.

I do remain interested in this sequence and the main one. Perkins
is a bit of a schemer, and she very much wants to know what is going
on on Earth (Which as I said, Earth very much does not want anyone
to know).

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Mr SN

Mavericks continue to be mavericks!

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2019

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If you like this Expeditionary Force Series, this is a great addition to the Mavericks escapades. I really like how there are strong women leads in a complex SciFi story that weaves itself across several story lines. Especially since this thread focuses on how humans can rock without Skippy and Joe. Read it, enjoy!

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Sean Bai

The Main Series Deserves Five Stars. This Doesn't.

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2020

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I've read all the books in the Expeditionary Force series so far, up to Valkyrie. I even read Trouble on Paradise, the novella.

All the books were five star reads. Joe Bishop and Skippy, the main characters, are funny. They feel like a real human and an AI, respectively.

This book failed spectacularly, in a way that Trouble in Paradise didn't.

I like Perkins, Dave, Jesse, Nert, and all the side characters in the main series and the novella.

But this book had so many grammatical errors and missed comas.

The pacing was so bad. The beginning was a scene involving somebody fixing a machine. Then there was some asteroid mission with slow pacing. Then there was so much talking.

I'm quitting this book. I read 30% in ten months and I can't keep reading. I kept trying to finish the book, but whenever I read the book, I was so bored with the dialogue and filler content.

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BeeCee

Going back to square one.

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2019

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Another great adventure courtesy the Expeditionary Force, even though it is something of a spin-off from the main series. My only gripe about this and the series as a whole is that there's such a big time lag between publication of the books that I forget what happened to who, when and where. But I've hit on a great solution...since all the books are already on my Kindle, I have started at square one with Barney and intend to read the whole series, one book right after the other, to get the desired continuity. It's been so long since I read the first book that it's almost new to me, but at least I have a better feel for where it is going and who the characters are.

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Stopped at 4%; too much info-dumping, backstory telling

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2022

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While this book may turn out to be a great sci-fi adventure, it starts with way too much filler. The story lacks an initial compelling conflict that includes the main characters (an inciting event) in the first chapter. There’s a lot of bantering, backstory fill-in, and too much world-building explanation, and nothing has happened. Yawn! It feels like stepping into the middle of a series with a HUGE summary at the beginning.

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Kindle Customer

Alanson does it again!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2019

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This is a spin off to the Expeditionary Force series. To really understand what's going on, start with book 1, Columbus Day.

Those continuing with the entire sequence of books, you won't regret the lack of Skippy, Joe and the MBOP. Sergun Jates and Nerty totally steal the whole show, and look out for the scene where the (SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER) and the (more spoilers) Sorry folks, but it's hard to justify why you need to read this book without spoilers. Oh and the last line (promise you won't skip to the end and read it?) will have you falling off your chair muttering WTFF?!?!?!?!? Did that just happen? And than laughing your head off. But that won't happen unless you read the whole darned book all the way through.

However, I'll leave you with this teaser.......

You found a fine time to leave me Loose Wheel!

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PJL

Entertaining SF

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2020

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Entertaining SF, at a reasonable price when audible narration added. This is actually book 3 the first books in the (Mavericks) set. The first two books introduce the characters and how they got started - book 1 being - Trouble on Paradise (2017)
(Book 3.5 in the Expeditionary Force series a novella ) followed by book 2 Mavericks (The sixth book in the Expeditionary Force series) I’d be inclined to read all the books in the series up until book 9 which I’d leave until last -I only mention this as I prefer reading books in sequence.

Jarrak

A Great Addition

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 30, 2019

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The Mavericks get their own series and well if you have been enjoying the Expeditionary Force novels then you know what to expect and you will not be disappointed. We've been introduced to these characters in previous novels (in fact followed their adventures as central protagonists) but now we branch out and get to see the galactic conflict in two dedicated novel series which expands upon humanities role (which is not a lot) and the major players in the game that is galactic warfare.
Entertaining in both action and characterisation and as soon as the next novel is offered I will be there, great stuff.

G. Pressley

Interesting Cliff hanger for a change

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 27, 2019

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The book was the usual combination of humans beating enhanced, advanced aliens at their own game. Very entertaining but a repeat of earlier plots. I personally find the books easy to read apart from annoying spelling and word errors, spend some money on an editor or proofreader!!!

Overall a bit like Catherine Cookson novels in that the same plot is repeated but in an entertaining and lively manner. some of the US army speak is completely baffling but hey I am not in the US Army.

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Mr AGM Jenkins

Great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2019

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If you enjoyed "Expeditionary Force" saga, you'll love this book too, it's focused on the people left back on paradise, so no Skippy, but the same entertaining writing style and attention to detail.

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